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Definitions: Carina |
CarinaNoun1. A keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere; contains the start Canopus. 2. Any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused petals of a pea blossom. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Carina" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a beloved friend". |
Date "Carina" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1926. (references) |
Etymology: Carina \Ca*ri"na\, noun. [Latin expression, keel.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Carina |
| English words defined with "Carina": Argo ♦ carina fornicis, carinal, Carinatae, carinate, carinated ♦ keeled ♦ ridged ♦ Vela, Volans. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Carina": Car, Cari, Cari. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Carina": Carinaria. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Carina" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Latin (careen, keel, keel of a ship, ship, the keel of a ship /ship, vessel), Macedonian (customs), Serbo-Croatian (customs, duty, revenue, tariff). |
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 | Light and Shadow in the Carina Nebula.Credit: NASA. |  | The Carina Nebula (NGC 3372).Credit: NASA. |
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| "Carina" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 85.71% of the time. "Carina" is used about 28 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 85.71% | 24 | 71,196 |
| Noun (singular) | 14.29% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 28 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Carina" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Carina | First name Female | 4,000 | 1,599 |
| Carina | Last name | 100 | 74,348 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Carina" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a beloved friend". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Carina." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Cara | Female | English | N/A |
| Carina | Female | English | Cara |
| Carine | Female | English | Carina |
| Carita | Female | English | Cara |
| Carine | Female | French | Carina |
| Carina | Female | German | Cara |
| Carina | Female | Scandinavian | Cara |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expression using "Carina": carina fornicis. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
carina | 216 | carina constellation | 4 |
toyota carina | 67 | carina tuning | 4 |
carina lau | 55 | 1972 carina toyota | 4 |
carina girardi | 55 | carina moreschi | 4 |
toyota carina e | 38 | carina lau naked | 4 |
carina furniture | 19 | divi carina | 4 |
carina charm | 16 | bay carina casino divi resort | 4 |
carina lau nude | 13 | 2 carina toyota | 4 |
divi carina bay | 11 | carina fredh | 3 |
carina ii toyota | 11 | carina e toyota tuning | 3 |
carina home | 10 | hotel carina paris | 3 |
carina persson | 9 | acevedo carina | 3 |
carina zampini | 9 | carina giraldi | 3 |
carina eta | 8 | carina etoise m | 3 |
carina lidbom | 7 | carina station | 3 |
carina micro | 6 | carina wiese | 3 |
carina ed toyota | 6 | carina udate.com | 3 |
divi carina bay resort | 6 | waterford carina | 3 |
carina charm italian | 6 | carina lau topless | 3 |
carina jensen | 5 | beach carina resort | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Carina"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 船底座. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | carina, pandebenskam. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | carina. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | crête du frontal, crête, carène, éperon (calcar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Culmen cuneiforme, Carina, Stirnbeinkamm, Schiffchen (boat, floater, forage cap, gathering ring, keel, little boat, pot ring, ring, shuttle, shuttles, small ship). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Ï„Ïόπιδα (keel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | carena (bottom, Hull, keel, spat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arinacay carina. (various references) carina, quilla (keel). (various references) Omurga (backbone, Chine, keel, rachis, spinal coloumn, spine, vertebrae, vertebral column). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Carina": carinae, carinal, carinas, carinate, carinated. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "Carina": ocarina. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Carina": ocarinas. (additional references) | |
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"Carina" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: barina, Cabrita, Cadima, cafine, Cagiva, caian, cainar, caine, caira, Cairan, calina, canina, caprian, Caprinae, caraa, Caransa, cardine, Carentan, Carfin, Caria, carian, carians, carida, Caridad, carignon, Carignou, Carin, carinae, carinas, carine, Cariniana, carinis, carinne, carino, Carna, carnac, carni, carnica, Caroni, Caronia, Carranza, carrian, cartian, caruanae, Caryn, Casina, Catina, Catreeona, Cavina, Cefrino, cerana, cerian, Cerin, cerina, ceruna, Cervinia, Charanga, Charniak, Charonia, Circini, cirine, Cirino, Cladinam, cogrino, corbina, Corina, Corinia, craia, Craigar, craine, crainy, Creina, crenna, Criana, Criena, Cryiiia, Cucina, cuprina, curian, Curina, Curinan, curine, harina, Kaarina, Karinya, Kharina, korhian, Korinna, Krajna, Sarina, Sarnia, Sharina. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "Carina" (pronounced 'Ca*ri"na'): Abuna, Achatina, Alcanna, Alhenna, Alumna, Amphirhina, Amphisbaena, Angina, Anna, Anona, Antenna, arena, Avena, Avifauna, Banana, Becuna, BELLADONNA, Bellona, Casuarina, Catena, Cavatina, Concertina, Coquina, Cromorna, Curtana, Czarevna, Czarina, Damiana, DIANA, Discina, Diurna, Donna, Dracaena, Duenna, Echidna, Erythrina, Etna, Farina, Fauna, Galena, Gehenna, Gena, Globigerina, Glucina, Guana, Guna, Haematophlina, Hemina, henna, Hosanna. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: acinar, arnica, crania. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-n-r" | |
-1 letter: acari, cairn, naira, naric. | |
-2 letters: airn, aria, cain, carn, narc, raia, rain, rani. | |
-3 letters: ain, air, ana, ani, arc, can, car, ran, ria, rin. | |
-4 letters: aa, ai, an, ar, in, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-n-r" | |
+1 letter: acarine, acrasin, anticar, arnicas, carabin, carinae, carinal, carinas, cranial, czarina, ocarina. | |
+2 letters: acaridan, acarines, acrasins, anarchic, arachnid, arcadian, arcading, armonica, barbican, brainiac, branchia, canaries, cantraip, carabine, carabins, carangid, cardigan, cardinal, carinate, carnival, cesarian, chairman, characin, cinnabar, craaling, craniate, czarinas, macaroni, marocain, ocarinas, paranoic, radiance, radiancy, radicand, raincoat, variance. | |
+3 letters: acaridans, anacrusis, anaerobic, anaphoric, anarchies, anarchism, anarchist, ancillary, androecia, antarctic, anticrack, arachnids, arachnoid, arcadians, arcadings, armonicas, arsenical, ascertain, barbicans, braincase, brainiacs, branchiae, branchial, caesarian, canicular, cantharis, cantorial, cantraips, caparison, carabiner, carabines, carangids, carbamino, carbanion, carcinoma, cardigans, cardinals, carinated, carnality, carnation, carnelian, carnivals, carnivora, casuarina, cesarians, chairmans, characins, chinaware, cineraria, cinnabars, circadian, cnidarian, covariant, cranially, craniates, draconian, fabricant, harmonica, incarnate, lacunaria, macaronic, macaronis, marocains, navicular, nonracial, oceanaria, pancratia, panoramic, paranoiac, paranoics, patrician, pharaonic, radiances, radicands, raincoats, saccharin, sacristan, sectarian, tarriance, variances, vicariant. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 72 69 6E 61 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- .-. .. -. .- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110010 01101001 01101110 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a r i n a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0072 0069 006E 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)376784758067 |
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